Grid Inspections Advisor — Reliability & Wildfire Mitigation

Southern California Edison; Pomona (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) is hiring an Inspections Advisor in Pomona, CA. You will plan and execute infrared and corona inspection programs across distribution and transmission assets, coordinating with contractors and field teams to ensure audit-ready documentation.

You will lead data-driven inspections, validate deliverables, and manage budgets while supporting wildfire mitigation and grid reliability initiatives. Hybrid schedule and California residency are required.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience in energy delivery and distribution.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and executes contracts and agreements in compliance with administrative instructions and regulatory requirements.
• Ensures that permits and easements for facilities are obtained in accordance with all relevant city, county, and additional agencies.
• Develops and implements data management practices to sustain model integrity.
• Directs and coordinates transmission and distribution activities that provide energy services to customers, leading outage management, facility maintenance and capital improvements.
• Obtains management approval for on-going projects and conducts tracking, analysis and resolution of project cost, scope, resource and schedule issues, ensuring commitment on detailed work plans, including contingency and communication plans.
• Retrieves, analyzes and summarizes business, operations, customer and economic data in order to develop business intelligence, optimize effectiveness and predict business outcomes.
• Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns and prepares ongoing reports and data visualizations (e.g., charts, dashboards, heat maps) in order to support business decisions.
• Monitors budget variances on a regular basis and prepares and monitors long term budget forecasts.

Skills

Infrared thermography

Corona inspection methods

Data visualization

Stakeholder management

Field coordination with contractors

Tools

SAP

GIS

Job description

Southern California Edison (SCE) is hiring an Inspections Advisor in Pomona, CA. You will plan and execute infrared and corona inspection programs across distribution and transmission assets, coordinating with contractors and field teams to ensure audit-ready documentation.

You will lead data-driven inspections, validate deliverables, and manage budgets while supporting wildfire mitigation and grid reliability initiatives. Hybrid schedule and California residency are required.